I have calculated that at least 232 Warrington house sellers have rented a home to break their house chain in the last 12 months, although at a cost as they face paying many thousands of pounds in rent.
There are a number of reasons behind this. One is because they cannot find another Warrington property to buy amidst a continuing shortage of new Warrington properties coming to the market. Although, there are others who have achieved such a high price for their home they have decided to cash in and are (hopefully for them) waiting for the Warrington property market drop?
Or will it drop? (More on that later).
Those selling their home have seen the …
average Warrington home rise in value in the
last 12 months by £31,800.
Yet, if they have had to go into private renting, they have paid for that privilege in the rent they have had to pay.
The average cost of a six-month rental agreement in Warrington is £4,623, meaning accidental Warrington tenants have pumped £1,072,612 into the Warrington rental market in the last 12 months.
The unevenness between the number of properties for sale and demand for them is at its widest since the early 2000’s. Whilst we have seen a slight improvement in the number of properties for sale in Warrington, there are still …
61% fewer homes up for sale today in Warrington,
compared to August last year.
This serious shortage of Warrington property for sale is discouraging some hesitant Warrington homeowners from putting their property on to the housing market, anxious they will not be able to find their next home and will be left renting.
Yet some savvy Warrington homeowners are moving into a rented property as a way to navigate the shortage of properties to buy. If you have someone offering you top dollar for your Warrington home, whilst you will have the hassle of two moves, the increase in value of your Warrington home will more than offset the rent.
Also, when you come to buy your next Warrington home, you will be chain free and in pole position to buy your ‘forever home’, rather than being overlooked for the home because you are sold stc and burdened with a chain.
Yet this trend has made life tougher for long-term Warrington tenants.
On average there were normally 330 to 395 properties available to rent in Warrington on Rightmove at any one time (pre-pandemic), today there are only 164 available.
the average rent in Warrington has grown from £771 per month
a year ago to £806 per month today.
So, what is going to happen to the Warrington property market?
Well, those of you that follow me know I regularly write about the Warrington property market in my property blog. If you would like some recent articles I have written about the future of the local property, either drop me a line and I will send you some links to those posts, send me a DM or contact me by telephone.
In the meantime, please do share your thoughts on the matter in the comments.
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